ἀντίφωνος
τραχὺς ἐντεῦθεν μελάμπυγός τε τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ἅπασιν → he is a tough black-arse towards his enemies, he is a veritable Heracles towards his enemies
English (LSJ)
ον, (φωνή)
A sounding in answer, concordant, as in the octave, ὀξύτητα βαρύτητι σύμφωνον καὶ ἀ. Pl.Lg.812d: abs., ἁρμονίαι Ph.2.485. 2 responsive to, c. gen., στεναγμάτων E.Supp.800 (lyr.). II discordant, contradictory, Plu.2.361a, Corp.Herm.16.1: c. gen., τῶν γενησομένων Plu.2.412b. III as Subst., ἀντίφωνον, τό, concord in the octave, τὸ ἀ. σύμφωνόν ἐστι διὰ πασῶν Arist. Pr.918b30, 921a8.
German (Pape)
[Seite 263] 1) wider-, entgegentönend, entgegen; Ggstz σύμφωνος Plat. Legg. VII, 812 d; τινί IV, 717 b. – 2) entsprechend, dagegen tönend, Eur. Suppl. 800; mit einem Instrumente begleitend; τὸ αντίφωνον, der Accord in der Oktave, Arist. Probl. 19. 39.
